General talk about software patterns

[James Siddle <james.siddle AT uk.ibm.com>]

Hi,

I'm interested to learn if anyone in
the patterns community knows of tools to support software design using
patterns. Specifically, are there any tools that simplify the process of
knowing which patterns to include in a particular design, and do any of
those tools incorporate pattern concepts such as pattern languages, pattern
stories, etc?

The reason I ask is because I want to
create something like this for my Software Engineering MSc project. At
the moment I am planning to focus solely on design support, rather than
the automatic generation of artefacts such as source code. My project is
in the early phases of development, so I'd like to know what (if any) overlap
may exist between the tool I have in mind and other tools that may have
been created. 

Any help appreciated,

Kind regards,
Jim


Best regards,

James Siddle
Software Engineer
IBM WebSphere Business Events
telephone: +44 1962 81 6055
email: james.siddle AT uk.ibm.com
personal web page: www.jamessiddle.net

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